The pace of my life is a bit frenetic. I am kinda thriving on it.
My Sunday was something like up early, coffee, mini-yoga stretch, 40+ miles on my bike (indoors, on the stand), 6 hours of volunteer time, run to Mom to help her. A run to my sister to help her a moment. Voice practice. A late board call.. then nightly skin care and nails. THEN I got to relax. Relax being the code word for falling asleep on the couch.
The volunteer work was fascinating. I spent maybe 10-12 hours over two days checking people in for
https://www.vincent-natasha.com/this-is-trans. Very fascinating work. A few things stand out -- (1) seeing the smile on a nervous trans kid and their parent(s) break out when they clock me. I don't mind being sussed out in the least. Adult role models, adults in public, are so important for these kids. (2) the exhibit is good stuff. Spending time with the artist in the exhibit a one in a lifetime thing. They are wonderful. We see the world through the lense of shared experience. (3) I indulged in my own photoshoot. Its photo-shoot based art. I got to model for a camera. For the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged in front of a camera, authentically. I heard the word "gorgeous" during the click of the camera and I
felt gorgeous.
a good place to stop. happy monday.
~Jenn